Call for papers for a volume on Syntactic
Variation in Insular Scandinavian to be edited
by Höskuldur Thráinsson, Caroline Heycock,
Zakaris Svabo Hansen and Hjalmar P. Petersen
and published in the Ohio State University
Press series Studies in Germanic
Linguistics.

Series Editors: Michael T. Putnam and B.
Richard Page

The publisher and the editors:
The Ohio State University Press is planning to
publish a volume on “Syntactic variation in
Insular Scandinavian” in the newly establised
series Studies in Germanic Linguistics, edited
by Michael T. Putnam and B. Richard Page. The
editors of the volume will be Höskuldur
Thráinsson (University of Iceland), Caroline
Heycock (University of Edinburgh), Zakaris
Svabo Hansen (University of the Faroe Islands)
and Hjalmar P. Petersen (University of the
Faroe Islands).

The purpose of the volume:
The purpose of this volume is to give a
descriptively and theoretically interesting
overview of recent work on syntactic variation
in Insular Scandinavian.

The requirements:
To fulfill the purpose of the volume we are
seeking papers on Icelandic and/or Faroese that
are based on original data, e.g. collected
through the authors’ own field work or by
corpora studies. The papers also have to make a
theoretically interesting contribution in some
fashion, e.g. to syntax, comparative
linguistics, sociolinguistics, variation
studies, language contact, research
methodology, etc.

The procedure and time plan:
In this call for papers we are soliciting
abstracts. The abstract should not be more than
two pages long (12p, single spaced Times New
Roman), including examples and references. It
should describe the kind of data that the paper
is based on and how or why it is theoretically
interesting. The editors of the book will then
select the appropriate number of abstracts (in
cooperation with the series editors) and notify
the authors, asking for the submission of
papers. The papers will then be sent to the
series editors, who will find reviewers,
etc.

The time plan is as follows:
April 1, 2014: Submission of abstracts to the
editors (to hoskihi.is).
May 1, 2014: Authors notified about
acceptance/rejection of abstracts.
September 1, 2014: Submission of full length
manuscripts to the editors.
December 1, 2014: Reviewers’ comments relayed
to the authors.
January 15, 2015: Revised manuscripts returned
to the editors.
Spring 2015: Publication of the volume.

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University and as such can receive donations through the EMU
Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit
organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These
donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your
state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information
visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor.

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